Hey it's me, fictionfangirl1, and I'm back with another story with an OC insert. I loved this movie ever since I saw it for the first time in 10th grade; and since I play flag football in college now, I just wondered how the movie would be if a black girl joined the TC Williams team. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to leave a review for this and my other stories!
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A new family from Los Angeles, California was driving down the swerving roads of Alexandria, Virginia in the family truck: a '66 dark blue Jeep Gladiator. In said car was a father, mother, and their only daughter, who was slightly mashed up against the window; but she was alright with it. It was the summer of 1971 and the girl's family decided to make the move to her mother's old hometown.
She could see the immediate difference in the environment. It was nothing like LA. Home was way more accepting and relaxed than Alexandria. In this town, the integration was more forced and you could see the tension between black and white people. "Hey Ma? Is Virginia like you remember it?" the girl asked. "I don't know, Rae. It's changed since I left, that's for sure," her mother replied. The woman looked like one of those backup singers for a musical group with her hair styled like Diahann Carroll, complete with soft and caring hazel eyes. Rae's father looked younger than he was and had a small afro with dark brown eyes.
The car drove up to a house at the edge of a street which was not too far from the new school the girl would be attending, T.C. Williams. It was recently announced that it would be integrated in the upcoming school year. But that wasn't what interested Rae (short for Rayelynn). She researched the ins and outs of the sport team regulations, specifically for football. There was a fine print amendment in the rulebook that stated if there was no specific girls' team, then females could try out for the boys' team. And she was determined to try out and possibly play on the team.
You see, Rae had three older brothers and played football with them when she was little, with a bit of coaching from her father. Now, her eldest brother was in the Navy and wouldn't be back until maybe Christmas; her two elder twin brothers were in college and they all played football during their high school days. In was in her blood, and she took after them so much.
She absolutely detested anything "girly" and would often wear jeans, t-shirts, and regular pants; no dresses or skirts. This annoyed her mother to no end, and often made her worry about when she would play with her dad in the front yard or pretend wrestle with her brothers. Rae stood at a small, but respectable height of 5'4'' and weighed 110 pounds. She had pitch black hair that was in a pixie cut with bangs that were swept to the left and had her father's dark brown eyes.
"It is nice to be back home, but I ain't gonna lie. Things are different here," her mom continued. "What do you mean?" Rae asked uncertainly. Rae's dad cut right to the chase and replied, "It's racist over here, baby. The black folks here aren't accepted like back in LA. But since they're integrating the school, maybe things'll change for the better."
The family started to unpack their car and move their things into the new house when a voice came up and yelled, "Hey!" Rae turns around and sees a young man who looks like one of her brothers and is waving at them from a few houses down. She waves back and jumps out of the trunk to go talk to him. She could see that this boy was built for sports and was quite attractive in strong, no-nonsense type of way. "Y'all must be our new neighbors. I'm Julius. Julius Campbell." "Nice to meet ya. My name's Rae Barstow," she replies hold her hand out for him to shake. "You headin' to T.C. Williams?" "That's right, and I'm guessin' you are as well," Julius wondered while shaking her hand. She nodded and went back to her family's pickup and continued to unload boxes. "Let me take those for you," Julius offered. "Naw, I got it. Thanks though," Rae said as she lifted two large boxes and one small box in a stack.
"Look at my girl, making friends already," Rae's father said from under the car hood, after giving it a once over. Julius noticed how much Rae took after her dad as she was handing him the tools he needed. "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Barstow," he said. "No need to be formal with me, son. Call me Saul," Rae's father insisted.
After everything was unpacked and the family had moved in, Rae thanked Julius for his help and Mr. Barstow invited him to come over anytime. As her new friend was leaving, Mrs. Florence Barstow came outside and said, "Who were you talking to dear?" "Rae's new friend, Julius," Saul replied. "He seems like a nice boy," Florence commented looking at her daughter. "Yeah… but wait 'til school starts up," Rae mused before going inside their new house.